After thinking it over for a moment, Chu Fu made up her mind.
Twenty days to exchange for an S-grade talent: Plant Human.
Four days to exchange for physique.
Three days to exchange for agility.
The requirements for exchanging other skills were too high.
Besides, the game's invasion of reality was still nine months away. Over such a long period, the laws of the Flower Family were still in effect.
Not only that, even after the game invaded reality, national order had been maintained reasonably well.
There was absolutely no way she was going to end up in prison for killing someone.
As such, the ability to control plants offered much more versatility.
The season was also suitable; dandelions were everywhere. At worst, she could seize the opportunity to fly away.
Four points in physique gave her the stamina of a healthy person, while three points in agility were enough for escape.
As for strength, she would have liked to increase it, but she didn’t have enough energy.
[Experience method confirmed. Please enter deep sleep for rest to facilitate the transfer of abilities into reality.]
She even had to sleep.
Chu Fu quickly informed Jian Jian and the others.
“You need rest? Just head back to the guild headquarters to rest. A room has been arranged for you, its Employee Dormitory 301. Go find it yourself.”
“Okay~”
Chu Fu summoned the guild interface in the system and then located the [Return to Headquarters] function in the guild panel.
After activating it, a teleportation array appeared beneath her feet.
Ten seconds later, her view shifted, and she found herself inside a grand gate.
The entire headquarters was protected by high walls. Inside, it looked like a small fortress, featuring three-story Western-style round-topped buildings.
Apart from employee residences, there was also a commercial street, currently with a cafeteria and a pharmacy, where players could purchase medicine at a discount.
The guild also had a guild warehouse for storing and retrieving equipment.
The largest building directly ahead housed the guild core. If someone attacked and destroyed the guild core, the guild would be disbanded.
However, the guards on the walls were all level 10, so no one reckless enough dared to cause trouble at the Thorn Guild.
Chu Fu found the employee dormitory, went up to the third floor, and quickly located Room 301.
Pushing open the door, she saw the room was about sixty square meters, decorated like a cozy hotel room. The bed, table, and chairs were already set up, and a rabbit-fur carpet was laid out.
The furniture was clearly handmade by carpenters, simple in style. After all, it was already incredible that players could craft furniture by hand at this stage, so she couldn’t be picky.
The carpet was likely made by players like the Weaver of Dreams, who specialized in crafting items.
Yesterday, Chu Fu had hunted a lot of rabbits and once her bags were full, she’d shipped some materials to the Weaver of Dreams. It seemed the other person had added a few more touches to her room!
Without taking time to inspect the room further, Chu Fu placed the Rabbit Sleep Three-Piece Set on the bed and fell right asleep.
……
In reality.
The nutrient fluid in the game pod was rapidly depleting.
Large amounts of nutrient solution infused into Chu Fu’s body, gradually filling out her thin, withered frame.
More nutrient fluid flowed around her brain, seemingly in the process of enhancing something.
Time passed slowly.
Two hours later, the vehicle finally came to a stop.
They drove into a school.
[Linjiang City Auxiliary Education Disciplinary Special Training School.]
The car stopped in front of a two-story building. Soon, five large men carried the game pod inside.
On the second floor, some seemingly young teenagers stretched their necks to peer out. Some eyes burned with excitement, while others were dazed and numb.
Soon, a room was arranged for Chu Fu and her game pod.
A teacher from the school approached and said, “This is the game pod for Primal Gate? That’s hard to get into; it’s basically impossible to open. If we want the kid to quit the game addiction, we’ll have to trick... uh, get them out first.”
Guan Youlong waved his hand.
“The kid isn’t cooperating and won’t come out, but it’s fine. The nutrient fluid in this pod only lasts 27 days. After 27 days, she’ll have to come out whether she wants to or not, unless she wants to starve.”
The teacher nodded.
“Alright, let’s sign the contract first.”
Guan Youlong didn’t care about the money and immediately paid a tuition fee of fifty thousand.
He glanced at the game pod, whose signal had been blocked, and sneered.
“Let’s see what you’ll do in a month. I’m a patient hunter. Speaking of which, I’ve never tried a Plant Human before.”
As the grandson of the Sheng Tang Pharmaceutical Group, Guan Youlong had been groomed by the family and studied abroad, acquiring a wealth of medical knowledge.
He had a very perverse hobby: he liked to drug women he set his sights on.
Some of his victims had never realized they’d been harmed by Guan Youlong.
After all, in many people’s eyes, Guan Youlong was the epitome of a wealthy, handsome, and urbane elite. His overseas study experience only added to his aura.
When Wan Huanyu told him that Chu Fu and the others were plotting revenge, Guan Youlong immediately set his sights on Chu Fu.
In Guan Youlong’s eyes, they had already paid compensation, and the stain of prison had tarnished his illustrious background. He felt he was the one owed torture.
It wasn’t as if they had deliberately crashed into those people; Sun Jingya had been driving at the time. Why didn’t those people just get out of the way?
Because of that, he’d had to serve time with them.
Worthless lowlifes—how dare they plot revenge?
Now that the incident had blown over, they had plenty of ways to deal with these mere cornered beasts.
See? With just a small trick, wasn’t the leader of that disabled team already in his hands?
After 27 days, even if she reached level 20 or level 30, she’d have to open her game pod automatically, get kicked offline by the health system, and become a Plant Human ripe for the plucking.
He couldn’t wait.
Guan Youlong smoothed his collar and strutted away.
The school teachers respectfully saw him off, then returned to stand by Chu Fu’s game pod.
One of them knocked on it.
“This game pod costs a million. People really are willing to spend that much on these brats. A million would go a long way elsewhere.”
“Save the chitchat. Get the person out; maybe we can have some fun too.”
But no matter how much they knocked and banged, Chu Fu inside couldn’t hear a thing. Finally, they grabbed a chain and directly locked her pod shut.
“Ignore us, will you? Let’s see what you do when we let you out in 30 days. You’ll starve to death!”
Cursing, they left. They had other children to “educate” and couldn’t waste time here.
Inside the game pod.
Chu Fu kept absorbing energy, and after four hours of deep sleep, she finally fully awakened.
[System Notification: Your nutrient fluid is insufficient.]
[System Notification: The Experience Card function is now active. You have 2 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds of usage time remaining.]
[System Notification: No humans detected in your vicinity.]
An opportunity!
Chu Fu took a deep breath, then selected to exit the game.
Instantly, that closed, dark world enveloped her.
It felt as if she had been locked inside a small room.
Chu Fu saw herself, shackled by unseen restraints.
But the next moment, a surge of green energy appeared at the center of her brow, as if a tiny sprout flickered and vanished.
S-grade talent: Plant Human.
The activation of her talent seemed to awaken Chu Fu, shaking off the invisible shackles that bound her. In an instant, the pitch-black cage shattered completely.
She snapped open her eyes.
Chu Fu was awake!
